Good morning, Whitewater.
Midweek in town will be mostly sunny with a high of sixty-three. Sunrise is 6:51 and sunset 6:37, for 11h 45m 52s of daytime. The moon is waning gibbous with 91.9% of its visible disk illuminated.
The Tech Park Board meets this morning at 8 AM.
On this day in 1889, Wyoming approves a state constitution that grants women the right to vote:
…the Wyoming state convention approves a constitution that includes a provision granting women the right to vote. Formally admitted into the union the following year, Wyoming thus became the first state in the history of the nation to allow its female citizens to vote.
That the isolated western state of Wyoming should be the first to accept women’s suffrage was a surprise. Leading suffragists like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were Easterners, and they assumed that their own more progressive home states would be among the first to respond to the campaign for women’s suffrage. Yet the people and politicians of the growing number of new Western states proved far more supportive than those in the East….
By 1914, the contrast between East and West had become striking. All of the states west of the Rockies had women’s suffrage, while no state did east of the Rockies, except Kansas. Why the regional distinction? Some historians suggest western men may have been rewarding pioneer women for their critical role in settling the West. Others argue the West had a more egalitarian spirit, or that the scarcity of women in some western regions made men more appreciative of the women who were there while hoping the vote might attract more.
On this day in 1859, Lincoln speaks in Wisconsin:
On this date Abraham Lincoln delivered an address at the Wisconsin State Fair. In his speech, he connected agriculture to education: “Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure.” The rising political star (who was elected the following year), also stressed the importance of free labor. This was Lincoln’s last visit to Wisconsin. In 1861, after winning the presidential election, Lincoln signed the bill establishing the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [Source: AbrahamLincoln.org]
Here’s the Wednesday game in this week’s Puzzability series, Blended Wines:
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This Week’s Game — September 28-October 2
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Blended Wines
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We have some lovely pairings this week. For each day, we’ve taken the name of a wine, added a letter, and scrambled all the letters to get a new word. The answer phrase, described by each day’s clue, is the wine followed by the longer word. The clue includes the lengths of the answer words in parentheses.
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Example:
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Person attending a party in honor of a dry red wine (8,9)
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Answer:
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Cabernet celebrant
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What to Submit:
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Submit the phrase, with the wine first (as “Cabernet celebrant” in the example), for your answer.
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Wednesday, September 30
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